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We spend a long, long time discussing Elton John's "Rocket Man (I Think It's Going To Be A Long Long Time)" with returning guest Ruby Swan ( Ruby Swan on YouTube )! We also talk about "Cold Heart" by Elton John, Due Lipa and PNAU, and of course we talk about "Where's The Shoorah". Covers by: William Shatner, Kate Bush, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, David Fonseca, Heaven 17, Elton John with Due Li...

Cover Me talking about hits from the 80s? We've heard of stranger things. We're talking about "Running Up That Hill" by Kate Bush and Freaky Friday this week on Cover Me! Covers by: Natalie Gauci, The Whole Bolivian Army, Bentley Jones, John, First Aid Kit, Car Seat Headrest Spotify playlist here

Your own personal episode of Cover Me is here! That's right, this episode about Depeche Mode's "Personal Jesus" is just for you! Nobody else is getting this in their feed! Covers by: Johnny Cash, Lollipop Lust Kill, Richard Cheese, Skip Soldier, Nina Hagen, Skapeche Mode, Shefita Spotify playlist here

Dad rock is back on the menu! We talk about the Billy Joe Royal song written by Joe South and made a hit by Deep Purple and others, "Hush".   Covers by: Deep Purple, Merrily Rush, Santo & Johnny, Milli Vanilli, Kula Shaker, Captain Jack, Bjorn Berge   Spotify playlist here

Why bother talking to great lawyers about lepers and crooks when you could talk to literally anyone else about Bob Dylan's "Ballad of a Thin Man"? We go in-depth on Bobby D's hit diss track from 1965 this week on Cover Me! Covers by: THE SPORTS, Kula Shaker, Deep Schrott, The Gunpoets, Brother Ali Spotify playlist here

Trying to strike up a conversation with a black-haired flamenco dancer, but you don't know what to say? This podcast probably won't help with that, but you will learn a lot about "Mr. Jones" by Counting Crows! Covers by: Max Thorn, Off The Beat, Counting Crows, Hidden in Plain View, John Lester Quartet, George White Group ft. Angie Spotify playlist here YouTube playlist here

Hurdy gurdy hurdy gurdy hurdy gurdy hurdy gurdy! We're talking Donovan's "Hurdy Gurdy Man" this week. Covers by: Eartha Kitt, Butthole Surfers, Color Filter, L.A. Guns, Wild Colonials, Antietam with Catherine Irwin, Will Oldham, Tara O'Bannon, Anna Krippenstapel Spotify playlist here

We're talking the best of sniper movies and '00s Scottish alt-rock this week! It's Franz Ferdinand's breakout hit, "Take Me Out" on Cover Me! Covers by:Scissor Sisters, Daft Punk, Naum Gabo, Young Summer, Robyn Adele Anderson, Bruno Be and Ownboss Spotify playlist here

Get the best of Cover Me this week as we talk about Foo Fighter's "Best of You"!   Covers by: Vitamin String Quartet, Pieter Embrechts & Thomas De Prins, Boyce Avenue, Ali McGregor, Dami Im, Dual Sessions Spotify playlist here

TRIGGER WARNING: Michael Jackson's criminal allegations are brought up in the introduction. Skip to the 3:00 mark if you don't want to hear that. It might seem like we're just talking about the Sega Genesis this week, but we're actually talking about the undeniably catchy pop hit, "Smooth Criminal" by the King of Pop himself, Michael Jackson! Covers by: Alien Ant Farm, Javier Alvarez, The Valiant...

We take a break from the norm this week to talk about concerts in general, and to review Jacob Collier's performance in Vancouver on April 4! We'll be back to standard episodes next week!

Well my friends, the time has come to talk about Lionel Richie's hit party anthem "All Night Long (All Night)". Covers by: Big Daddy, South Dolphin, Raffaela, Tom Dice, Benjamin Ingrosso, Jacob Collier featuring Take 6 and the Metropole Orkest (conducted by Jules Buckley) Spotify playlist here

No one gets away until they listen to us discuss Devo's eccentric hit, "Whip It" on this week's episode of Cover Me! Covers by: Big Daddy, Def Dames, Moon Unit, Eye of The Dawn, Love and Death, Drazy Hoops, Cecilia Noel, Jamaican Me Breakfast Club Spotify playlist here

Light your candles or get someone else to light them for you because we're talking "Hard to Handle" by Otis Redding this week! Covers by: Snafu, Black Crowes, Gov't Mule ft. Toots Hibbert, Big Sam's Funky Nation, Music Box Mania, Karizma Duo, DJ Spinna Spotify playlist here

Because if there was any Lady Gaga song we were going to talk about on this show, it was obviously going to be the one with a member of the E Street Band playing on it. We're talking Lady Gaga's "The Edge of Glory" this week! Covers by:  Foster the People, Walk Off the Earth, Paul Middleton, Amanda Hagel, CoolKillers ft. Lucia Gil, Years & Years Spotify playlist here

We're taking this podcast way back to the distant year of 2019 to talk about the debut single that dominated the airwaves, "Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X! Take a trip down pre-pandemic memory lane as we discuss this country trap classic. Remixes: Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus, Lil Nas X ft. Diplo and Billy Ray Cyrus, Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus with Young Thug and Mason Ramsey, Lil Nas X ft. RM an...

Cover Me gon' give it to you this week and by 'it' we mean a new episode talking about the runaway hit of the 2010s, "Uptown Funk" by Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars! Covers by: Leo, Aramis String Quartet, Talisha Karrer, Fatboy Slim and Jerome Robins ft. Idris Elba, Jamie Cullum, Jonny May Spotify playlist here

Just like the revolution, Cover Me keeps coming back around! We're talking about the sleeper hit, "Feel It Still" by Portugal! Covers by: ZHU, Revelries ft. Henri Purnell, Pentatonix, Alyssa Reid, Hannah Dorman, CUBOT Records ft. Max Göttler, Bat!, The Holophonics] Spotify playlist here

Even the greatest romances come to an end, and so Lover Me concludes this week with Cat Steven's "The First Cut is The Deepest." Covers by: P.P. Arnold, Yusuf/Cat Stevens, Rod Stewart, D-Faction, Papa Dee, Bonfire, Sheryl Crow, Billy Valentine Spotify playlist here

This episode of Lover Me was recorded in space! Isn't that freaky? We talk about Bart Howard's classic love song, "Fly Me to the Moon," a song with truly thousands of covers. Listen in to see if any version can top the Frank Sinatra version! Covers by: Kaye Ballard, Frank Sinatra and Count Basie, Home & Jethro, Astrud Gilberto, Azz Izz Band, Jeff Duff, Avocuddle with Fets and Strange Fruits Music,...

Well, listen to this! It's nothing but good vibes on this episode of Lover Me! Hall and Oates' sleeper hit, "You Make My Dreams (Come True)" takes the spotlight this week! Covers by: John Oates, Speedogang, The DeLorean Sisters, Tyrone Wells, Danielle Prou, Pomplamoose, Rascal Flatts Spotify playlist here

Lover Me is back and we're kicking the month off with an all-timer! "Kiss From a Rose" by Seal is this week's song! Covers by:  The Buffalo Chips, Luis Represas, Northern Kings, The Arrival, Gregorian, Shelly Sony Spotify playlist here

Bowie Me is closing out an all-time classic! "Ashes to Ashes" is this week's song! We get into what Bowie was going through in 1979/1980 and how those experiences got channeled into this smash hit single and accompanying album, "Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)." Covers by: The Unquiet Void, Northern Kings, Momus, The Yellow Melodies, Icky Blossoms, Trevor Horn with Seal and The Sarm Orchestra Sp...

We can't show you the way to the next whiskey bar but we can show you this episode of Bowie Me! We talk about the German opera song written by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill, and famously recorded by The Doors, and also David Bowie, "Alabama Song"! Covers by: Georgia Brown, The Doors, David Bowie, Long Tall Texans, Todd Rundgren with Geoff Downes and Zoot Horn Rollo, The Talltones Spotify playlist...

Bowie Me continues with one of the strangest choices for a Bowie original: "Loving the Alien"! Join us as we dissect the lesser known single from the critically-panned 1984 album, "Tonight". Covers by: Icehouse, David Bowie, Heartbreak, Visage, Miriam Aida Spotify playlist here